Flash CS4 All-in-One For Dummies- P18: Welcome to Flash CS4 All-in-One For Dummies. Our goal when writing this book was to share our enthusiasm for Flash and, at the same time, demystify the application. You can do so many things with Flash that it becomes mind boggling. The minibooks in this reference are designed to take the boggle out of your mind and show you how to use Flash to create Web banners, animations, and other delights. We also delve into the topics of ActionScript and Flash video. | Panning Zooming and Other Delights 487 be brighter than they should and the bright areas of the scene will be darker than they should. If your camcorder has the option to manually set the volume use it. Cameras with this option have provisions for monitoring the sound input. Even the least expensive camcorders generally have the option for you to monitor the sound through a set of headphones. When you record a scene start recording several seconds before the action takes place. Having a couple of seconds of lead-in time is useful when you re editing the scene. Keep recording for a couple of seconds after the action has stopped giving yourself some lead-out time is also useful when editing. If the resulting video uses other scenes the lead-in and lead-out periods are useful for providing a transition from one scene to the next. If your camera has the provision to accept sound recording from an external microphone use it. If you re recording a talking head for a Web site clip a lavalier microphone to her jacket plug the mic into your camera and manually set the sound volume. If your camera has a hot shoe that accepts a microphone don t use it. A sensitive microphone picks up the mechanical noise of your camcorder s motor. If possible run a cable from your camcorder to the microphone and place the microphone as close as possible to the sound source. If sound fidelity is important capture the sound from the event mixing board if it s available. You can also use a portable recording device to capture the audio and then synchronize it with the video in your videoediting application. You re a Flash designer not a videographer. But you have taken the plunge and bought a decent camcorder. Rather than let it sit in the closet and col- I VQjl lect dust until your services as a videographer are required take out the camera occasionally and shoot some video with it. Experiment with the different controls so that you get to know them well. Then whenever a client asks you if you
